Verne Dawson's idiosyncraticpaintings defy contemporary art-world trends and eschew categorisation. JohnHutchinson's survey of the artist’s work to date provides fascinating insightinto a complex body of work.
This book is thefirst to deal directly with the genesis of the Studio Glass Movement and thepioneering work of Sam Herman within it, while also shedding light on his widerpractice in sculpture and painting.
Real estate development is a highly regulated, high value industry: this book examines its efficiency, its role in shaping the built environment and its relationship with planning and planners.
A sharp-eyed assessment of the negative impact of the excesses at the top of the contemporary-art market in the 21st century,... Læs mere
This book examines the way in which the work of British artist Hurvin Anderson has developed since the late 1990s to incorporate installation, prints and photographs within the idiom of painting.
The first book on the Century Guild of Artists (CGA) and its influential periodical, the Century Guild Hobby Horse. The significance of the CGA in the development of the Arts and Crafts movement and its modernist successors is assessed.
Based on extensive research, this book provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other.
This major new study by internationally renowned scholar Martin Kemp is the first book to consider the impact of Dante's vision of divine light on visual artists of the Renaissance and Baroque.
Beautifully illustrated, this series of essays examines the relationship between architecture and photography through the work of major photographers from the early C20th to the present and focuses on how they engage with some aspect of the designed and inhabited environment.
Comparing international case studies, Gilroy explores the critical role of housing and the possible use of land allocation to encourage developers to think about better and more housing options for later life.
This book shows how the current team at Conran & Partners is building upon this rich heritage, while also taking the firm onwards into new sectors and fresh parts of the world, embracing 21st-century challenges.